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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 30 8:05am | Replies (28)
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I have osteo arthritis in both knees. Before PMR it would flare during weather change or with overuse. Since osteo arthritis is inflammation, when I started taking prednisone my knee pain decreased dramatically. Now that I am tapering down on prednisone (having gone from 25mg to 15mg) I am feeling the old knee pain again, especially because we've had quite a bit of rain over the past week. It's going to take time to adjust back to the knee pain but I'll take it over the PMR pain any day.
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@kjoed53 I have had a similar experience. I took methylprednisolone for my PMR meds. I believe they certainly helped mask my knee pain. I will eventually need a knee replacement but the knee is just not ripe enough for replacement surgery. I am now done with my PMR meds. My knee discomfort is more prevalent. What I find very helpful is Volteran. I buy the generic brand, much cheaper. Costco sells the generic as do some pharmacies. In the evening, rather than use the generic Volteran again, I put Tiger Balm on my knee since that is all natural. I'm doing pretty good. Two weeks ago I was in Spain on a tour doing much walking all day. It was a bit tough on my knee but I continued my routine of Volteran/Tiger Balm. I also added 2 extra strength Tylenol pills. I managed pretty well.